Monitor alarm state information at runtime

You can obtain runtime alarm state information, including aggregated alarm information, using the Object Viewer or InTouch Tag Viewer. You can visualize the objects in an AVEVA OMI ViewApp or InTouch HMI application using the AlarmApp for AVEVA OMI or Alarm Client for InTouch HMI, along with the alarm border animation to represent the aggregated alarms at each level of containment. You can also enable aggregated alarm information for the NavTree

Note: AlarmApp is not supported in InTouch HMI applications. Similarly, AlarmClient is not supported in AVEVA OMI ViewApps. Use AlarmApp for AVEVA OMI ViewApps to allow alarm aggregation to follow selected objects and areas.

An alarm border animation applied to a group of graphics can indicate a priority 1 alarm with a red border, flashing or solid for different alarms. The alarm border animation can also indicate a return to normal (RTN) for the same graphics.

Alarm clients configured in InTouch applications will display the severity of each alarm in the User1 field. You can change "User1" to a more descriptive heading, such as "Severity".

For information about configuring alarm animations, see "Configuring an Alarm Border Animation" in the Creating and Managing Industrial Graphics User Guide.